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Dear Sir / Madam,
I need one clarification, Our Construction site is covered under ESI act and we have taken Workmen's Compensation policy policy also. but is it necessary to take Workmen's Compensation policy?
Kindly help me to sort out the issue.
Thank you.

From India, Bangalore
Labour Law Index
180

Workmen Compensation Act is a compulsory enactment. This means if an employee is covered under Scheduled Employment this act applies. ESI and EC Act are different serving different purposes. So yes in any case WC acts will apply. See the website below for more detailed differentiation.
From India, Kolkata
saswatabanerjee
2395

If you go through the employee compensation act (earlier it was called workman compensation act), it is very clearly stated that this does not apply to any employee that is covered by the ESIC act and schemes.
Therefore, it would not be necessary to cover workers under ESIC in the workman compensation insurance plan. Any compensation due to them for accidents will be taken care of by ESIC.
However, employees with salary of more than ₹15,000 per month are not covered under ESIC. Therefore you should have an WC insurance policy to take care of those employees.

From India, Mumbai
saswatabanerjee
2395

Labour law index, please do not mislead people. Workman compensation act does not apply to any employee covered under ESIC
From India, Mumbai
Gupta VK
148

Section 53 of ESI Act reproduced below which bars claim by an IP or his dependents from any other source than ESIC V K Gupta
From India, Panipat
sumitk.saxena
252

Agreed with Saswata Banerjee in the matter in support of same i am enclosing the circular hope this will clear all doubts. Thanks & Regards, From, Sumit Kumar Saxena
From India, Ghaziabad
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File Type: pdf ESIC Circular_Applicable to Construction Sector.pdf (818.5 KB, 270 views)

Soumitra Sengupta
68

Dear All,
Greetings ........
Please read https://www.citehr.com/575067-workme...red-under.html thread where the issue is discussed in detail.
Regards,

From India, Pune
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